According to the latest report of the Ministry of Defense's Unified Staff Supervision Department, on October 31, local time, three PLA aircraft flew in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, and the Japanese Self-Defense Force dispatched fighter jets to respond.
The Japanese side photographed the PLA Y-9 intelligence reconnaissance plane
The Japanese side photographed the PLA Y-9 anti-submarine patrol aircraft
According to the information released by the Japanese side, the three PLA aircraft were 1 Y-9 intelligence reconnaissance plane and 2 Y-9 anti-submarine patrol aircraft.
According to the route map for the flight of PLA aircraft released by the Japanese side, three PLA planes passed through the airspace of the Miyako Strait, entered the Pacific Airspace from the East China Sea, and flew in three adjacent different airspaces, and then returned to the airspace of the East China Sea in the same way.
The Japanese side announced the route map for the flight of PLA aircraft
In addition, the Japanese side also released the pictures taken by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force when three PLA planes flew.
This is the first time since the beginning of October that the Japanese Unification Staff Supervision Department has disclosed the appearance of PLA aircraft in the airspace around Japan. The last time this happened was on August 26, when a PLA TB-001 unmanned aerial vehicle, a Y-9 intelligence reconnaissance aircraft, and a Y-9 anti-submarine patrol aircraft also passed through the Miyako Strait and entered the Airspace of the Pacific Ocean from the East China Sea and then returned to the East China Sea.